The Fuzzy Duckling by mrestey
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I am on a cuteness roll lately. Don't worry, I'll run out of cute images soon.
This little critter, as I am sure you all know, is a baby duck. As I seem to recall, it was a mallard duckling.
Yes, yet again, this little guy and his siblings - three of them if I recall correctly - were recipients of a rescue. This time they were rescued by our local animal control officer at our police department. They were found homeless and motherless. My wife - who works for the police department as a secretary for the detectives - volunteered to bring them home to give to (you guessed it) my "naturalist" brother next door to raise.
In this picture you see one of the little ducklings cupped in my wife's hands. That's our koi pond in the background. All three ducklings had a nice swim in our koi pond shortly after this picture was taken. After they got over their initial apprehension over the big scary fishes in the pond, they had a grand time splashing, scooting and diving. LOL, they were like little kids in a pool. They didn't want to get out when it was time to go.
Well, I hope you enjoy.
Comments (26)
Oh, I remember how super cute these ducklings were, diving and bobbing in the pond once they realized that the koi were not going to eat them. I remember how they picked amongst the rocks on the side and would swim and then preen, then swim again until they were all tuckered out. A sweet memory. And they grew up so quickly...and flew off for parts unknown...
Well, Mike, this is definitely up there on the cuteness scale LOL! I'll refrain from saying it's just 'ducky.' Oops - I guess I just did LOL! Great photo, charming subject. With your brother right next door, I'm guessing you rarely run short of interesting critters to photograph :-D
Awww, I wanna touch the little fuzzy head now!
Very cute! Beautiful clear capture!
Ducks, geese and swans are extremely beautiful when that young. Nice picture!
This is way off the cute meter here.. VERY cute image..
Young and sweet.
Oh yes, the cuteness-roll...... I have it too but I haven't uploaded the images here until now... but perhaps I should, like you! A wonderful image and a very, very cute duck - MORE cuteness please!!!!!! ~Sassy~
Beautiful clear capture!
Keep em coming I love cute! No ugly duckling here. :O)
Aw, I don't want you to run out of cuteness stuff!. Aw, that is just too cute.
egad man! even more sugar diabetes! O.O
Lovely little duckling it looks so cute.. nice capture!!
Adorable. They are fun to watch at play and they grow so quickly into beautiful adults.
What a lovely and adorable photoshot my friend, wonderful capture love it.
So cute, My friend keeps ducks and chickens and a Mink got in and killed the lot!
To cute great capture
Cute is ok if it's not humans (LOL!) Wonderful story!
So cute :)
Great photo Mike. I love tiny, young fuzzy things. This guy is very cute.
A really cutie :) Excellent captured....thanks for sharing !!!!!!!!!! 5***** Hugs Karin :)
Man my kids would be in Heaven at your place. You must have every baby animal under the sun. They are all very cute.
It has been a great series of very cute critters. I really loved the skunk but then I have always found mustelids a fascinating family.
Cute !!! Thank you for sharing :):):)
Great photo of a cute creature!
Very cute!